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    Our first and only trip so far was to RIU. We spent only time we slept on the resort. Nice place, but it wasn't for us.

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    It's not "stepping down" it's Stepping Out!

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    Now you know!

    Haven't ever stayed at an AI before, but heard enough... nothing about it appeals to me, personally. To each their own. Happy to hear of your new experience
    Stir IT UP

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    I kind of felt silly walking around with a wristband on. Everyone would comment "Oh Staying at Riu".

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    The first time my wife and I went to Negril was to get married at CSA. The A/I aspect does make one a bit apprehensive to leave the resort since it's all been paid for and you feel as if you're just throwing away money by "leaving it on the table," so to speak. We're a wee bit more adventurous then that though so we did spend a couple of days off resort to explore.
    Since then, we've been splitting our stays between Seastar, Catcha and CSA for some variety. Since CSA was our first experience, we find it hard to let go completely but we're considering the possibility of Idle or GP in the future.
    Does anyone have any cold, hard numbers as to how much $ a person saves by NOT going the A/I route?

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    Clownshoes,
    I just went to Beaches Negril and ran the numbers for my 9 night stay = $4,004.07 incl airfare (I had to run numbers for 2013)
    $1,800 - 1,900 for Grand Pineapple incl air

    My 9 night stay at Xtabi incl airfare, food, drinks, transport, tips et al = $2,336.23 (May 17 - 26 '12)
    Last edited by bjritz; 07-06-2012 at 03:00 PM.

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    Wow. totally not worth the extra money, if you plan on spending even a little bit of time and $$ off resort.

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    I watched the numbers closely the first time non all inclusive. Prior to going I priced Couples and priced Coco for 10 days. Also keep in mind I priced the standard room at Couples but got the Jr. Suite at Coco. Our room at Coco was much much nicer than Couples. Kept track of the money we spent for meals and drinks. We had nice dinners every night, drank as much as we wanted and went out to lunch most days too. A few days we ate patties or jerked pork on the beach. A continental breakfast was included which we upgraded to a full breakfast. I figured we saved at least $1500. Now if you scuba, snorkel, ski etc it may be worth the extra cost for Couples. We didn't do any of the water sports. Second time non all inclusive we probably saved even more money because we got better at knowing where to go, having our own drinks in our room, etc. Now we can go for two weeks next time.

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    Clownshoes, bjritz...I can tell you that we travel in March(not the cheapest season for JA), and have to connect from a regional airport due to where we live(very costly)...but we will spend $3,400 for the best accomodations these properties offer, and air for a 10 day stay VS. $5,400 in the past for 9 days at CN(garden view)w/air....I know we can do better, but, like I said....in steps

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    I wish I could be like you Accompong but I don't consider myself a "traveler". To me a traveler goes to new and different places all the time and adapts to the area. We have found our comfort zone in Negril and keep going back. Before every visit we say we will get out and sight see more but it takes time away from the beach. We always say "maybe next time".We strayed once from Negril in 6 years to Mexico and had the worst vacation of our lives. Now that is not to say we have never been to other countries; we have been to a few and gone to quite a few places in the good ole USA too but Negril is what we love. We don't have credit card bills either. If we can't pay we don't play!

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